Kyle Smaine

Kyle David Smaine (June 27, 1991 – January 29, 2023) was an American freestyle skier. He won a gold medal in halfpipe at the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2015.^[1][2]

Kyle David Smaine

Personal information
Born	(1991-06-27)June 27, 1991 Apple Valley, California, U.S.
Died	January 29, 2023(2023-01-29) (aged 31) Otari, Nagano, Japan
Alma mater	Sierra Nevada College
Spouse	Jenna Dramise ​ (m. 2022)​
Sport
Sport	Freestyle skiing
Medal record Men's freestyle skiing Representing  United States World Championships 2015 Kreischberg Halfpipe

Smaine met Jenna Dramise in 2010 while hitchhiking in New Zealand.^[3] They married on November 18, 2022.^[3]

Smaine died alongside an Austrian skier in an avalanche on Mount Norikura, located in the northern part of the Hida Mountains near Tsugaike Ski Resort in Otari, Nagano, Japan, on January 29, 2023, at the age of 31.^[4][5][6]

References

1. "Faivre defends halfpipe title, while Smaine takes gold back to the USA". Archived from the original on January 24, 2015. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
2. "FIS profile Kyle Smaine". Retrieved February 2, 2015.
3. Morse, Ben; Watts, Amanda (January 30, 2023). "US skier Kyle Smaine killed in avalanche in Japan aged 31". CNN. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
4. "Beloved South Lake Tahoe Skier Kyle Smaine Killed in Avalanche in Japan". Mountain Gazette. January 29, 2023. Retrieved January 30, 2023.
5. "Kyle Smaine: US professional skier 'killed in Japan after being thrown 50 metres and buried by avalanche'". Sky News. Retrieved January 30, 2023.
6. "白馬乗鞍岳バックカントリーで雪崩…外国人5人巻き込まれる、現場に残る2人救助へ 長野". TBS NEWS DIG (in Japanese). January 30, 2023. Retrieved January 30, 2023.

External links

• Kyle Smaine at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
• Kyle Smaine at the X Games (archived)